The Spaniard and the Swiss continue to entertain lovers of the game with their power and precision. May they go on and on and inspire younger generations. Thanks for the fine show.
These spanish and latino cuntry guys they are good at anything played on clay,yesterdays match was no great amtch,its just too much errors from fedrer which allowed rafa to take the cup for third time in succesion.Fedrere is immortal.this guy rafa just remains No2 due to his power in clay court ,he wins almost all the titles of the yr played on clay,otherwise no one can say he is anywhere near to fedrer when we compare overall game,not even close to No 3 or 4 when it comes to overall game.he is just ine dimesion player thats clay court,and that too yesterday was no great performance,its coz fedi played poor he won.
RE:nothin special
by Amir Khedekar on Jun 11, 2007 12:56 PM
RAFA IS GRATE PLAYER ON CLAY BUT IT DOESN'T MEAN THAT HE IS ONLY :KING OF CLAY". AT THE LAST WIMBLDON HE ENTERED FINAL WOTH FEDEX BUT HE LOSES FINAL BUT HE TRIED HIS BEST FOR OTHER COURTS ALSO.
Rafa has shown why he is such a great player.He is the undisputed king of the clay.And he deserves it. From wherever he is in the court,he can reach every nook and corner of the court-the court is completely in his control.He run from corner to corner and win ponits. Sometimes he won points from seemingly impossible positions.In fact few will disagree that he was the most fit player of this French Open.And no one will disagree that he was the most hard working player on the court!! This Mallorca muscleman truely is the champion of clay. And look at the way both the players say after the match. Federer always admits that his opponents played better than him when he got defeated.He never give excuses.That is the stuff that truely great players are made of!!They accept defeats graciously.The same thing Nadal did when he lost to Federer the last time -no excuses was given,instead praise federer. This is in sharp contrast to our 'great palyer' Sania who never admits that her opponents are better than her even if she lost consistently - always there is something to blame ,a bad knee,recovering from some illness,not had enough preparation and so on, the list is very long.
It is clearly evident that the horse for the course really wins. Ivan Lendl the greatest player of all times neven won Wimbeldon, Samprs, McEnroe and Connors never lifted the French Open. Considering the difference of these two surfaces it is the players style and attitude that counts most. All are great but few reach eternity like Bjorg. Today it is Federer Vs Nadal. Nadal will not cross round 4 in Wimbledon and Federer may not win the French title. It is all in the game, a game of mortals. But atleast Lendle tried every time to win at Wimbledon. The unsung great because he was born in Czechoslovakia which was a communist regime at that time and Becker was from the capitalist Germany. Any difference of opinion? Today nobody wants to talk about Lendl.
RE:Greats??
by Jomesh George on Jun 11, 2007 09:16 AM
Lendl was the greatest player i saw in Tennis History.His record in Wimbledon was not so bad.Lendl reached final twice and was a semifinalist thrice.He was very special because he never express too much emotions.Even after winning a grand slam he never showed any signs of joy or enthusiasm.He was truly the great.
RE:Greats??
by PK on Jun 11, 2007 12:23 PM
Lendl was truly a great palyer. I am a big fan of Lendl and have seen most of his matches. It was very sad to see that Lendl didnt get the kind of respect which opther palyes of his era got... Every one talks about the The Great McEnore but that one afternoon of French open Final where he was leading 2-0 against Lendl and still couldnt win it says every thing about Lendl. Such was the rivalry that Lendl deprived McEnore of French Open. I would say Lendl is the father of modern tennis. You see players changing racquets, tapping their soles to check the strings, using saw dust to soak the sweat from the grip, adjusting the strings...this was all brought by Lendl...Salute to one of the greatest unsung hero of tennis...
Fedex really tried his best. Unfortunately today is not his day as he made so far many unforced errors unlike Nadal. Roger didn't come up with good game plan for this final and he paid the price. Nadal was able to generate top spin in all his shots with less unforced errors. If Nadal continues in this fashion and adopts grass court in a positive way, he will be the Wimbledon champion this year. He will then be called as "KING OF ALL COURTS". will post a message after he wins Wimbledon this year.
